Printer s galley



P.-L. DBNISON, Deofd.

(No Model.)

l H. G. DENIsoN, Executrix. PRINTBRS GALLBY.

Patented Feb. 11, 1896,

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ilNTTnn STATES HANNAH GIBSON DENISON, EXEOUTRIX OF FRANK L. DENISON, DEOFASED, OF BELTON, TEXAS.

PRINTERS GALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,246, dated February 11, 1896.

Application filed April 1'7, 1895. Serial No. 546,132. (No model.) i

To all whom, t may concern.

Be it known that I, I-IANNAH GIBSON DENI- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belton, in the county of Bell and State of Texas, executrix of the estate of FRANK L. DENISON, deceased, late a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Belton, in the county of Bell and State of Texas, do hereby declare that FRANK L. DENISON invented a new and 1o useful Improvement in Printers Galleys, of

which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to an improvement in printers galleys.

The Object of the present invention is to dispense with the usual quoins for locking up the printed matter in a galley and to provide in lieu thereof an adjustable lock-up device of novel construction.

A further object is to provide an adjustable zo slug or supporting-arm of novel construction adapted to be used at the bottoni of the printed matter for holding the same in place.

A further object is to provide the galley with an externally-arranged groove for engagingthe adjustable slug or su pportin g-arm,

and also to provide suitable aligned apertures through the galley and lock-up device for permitting the escape of water.

To accomplish these objects the invention 3o contemplates certain improved features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

3 5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a galley constructed in accordance with the improvements. Fig. 2 is a side edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through the gal- 4o ley and the adjustable slug, taken in line with the lockup adjusting-screw. Fig. 4t is a similar section taken in line with the aligning aperture for permitting the escape of water. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view' of the adjustable slug or support.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the 5o base-plate ot' a printers galley of the ordinary construction provided with the usual side i ing lip 9 adapted to lie in and travel lengthwise of the groove 5, above referred to, the object of which is to allow the slug or support- 6 5 ing-arm to be adj usted lengthwise of the galley, while at the same time preventing said adjustable device from becoming detached from the galley. When adj usted to the desired position, the slug or supporting-arm 7o may be held in the desired position by means of a set-screw 10 having a milled head 11, said set-screw passing thro ugh a threaded perforation in the head of the slug and bearing at its point against the inner face of the rail or ange 2.

12 designates the lock-up strip, which eX- tends the entire length of the galley between the side iianges or rails, and which is supported and capable of being adjusted toward 8o and away from the printed matter contained in the galley by means of a plurality of ad justing milled-head screws passing through corresponding perforations in the flan ge 3 and swiveled at their ends to the lock-up strip 8 5 by means of headed screws 14, the heads of which work in countersunk perforations in said locleup strip and the shanks of which engage threaded perforations inthe adjacent ends of said adjustingscrews 13. 9o

The lock-up strip 12 is provided with a scries of apertures in its lower edge, as indicated at 15, and the side rail or ange 3 is also provided with a corresponding series of apen tures 16 in alignment with theapertures 15, 9 5 thus providing for the escape of water from the galley.

By the construction above described it will. be apparent that a simple, neat, and inexpensive form and construction of printers galleo j ley is provided, by means of which a column of type-matter may be locked in place laterally by means of the locking-strip described and the adjusting mechanism therefor, and which may also be supported endwise by means of the longitudinally-adjustable slug or supporting-arm. The water flowing from the type-form confined within the galley may also readily escape therefrom through the aligned apertures in the locking-up strip and the side rail or flange adjacent thereto.

The galley above described will be found very convenient in practice and will save considerable time and annoyance to the typesetter.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A printers galley having a side rail or flange provided with arounded outer face an d rabbeted at its outer lower corner to form a groove between it and the base-plate, in combination with an adjustable slug or support, a curved head or extension thereon closely embracing said side rail or flange, an integrally-formed inwardly-projecting lip thereon engaging said groove, and means for holding said slug or support at a Xed point, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a printers galley, one of the side rails or flanges thereof provided in its outer lower corner with a groove, in combination with a longitudinally-adjustable slug or support, a curved arm or extension thereof embracing snugly said side rail or flange and provided with an inwardly-disposed lip resting and adapted to travel within said groove, and means for holding said slug or support at any desired adjustment longitudinally of the galley, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the invention oi' FRANK L. DENIsoN I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IIANNAII GIBSON DENISON, Exeem/rim of the Estafa of Frank L. Denison,

Deceased, Lire-afer. lVitnesses:

WALTER C. SAUNDERs, HARRY LUDLow. 

